Robyn I thought about you and your ds all day long. I was just wondering how your day went. I hope everything went okay. Please let us know.
So how was everyone else's day at school. I had a day from ****. My student cried 5 hours straight today. He was quiet the other 1 1/2 hour because he was taking a nap. Mom let him play outside last weekend with no shoes on and thinks he got a cold and that is way he is crying like this. He is nonverbal and his way of telling us his head hurts is to cry and bang it on the wall or head butt the other students. Makes me want to cry and bang my head off the wall. Thank god I took a personal day tomorrow. I really need it!
Everyone enjoy your weekend! Take care.

Hey! I don't have nearly enough energy to type too much....BUT I wanted to check in to let you know that I didn't kill anyone today! LOL I did end up growing a huge fever blister right in the center of my top middle lip....HERPES...my favorite way to deal with stress! GAWD bless those poor souls who have *IT* "elsewhere", I can NOT imagine what that is like to go thru. ANYWAYYYY I didn't log on to rant about my poor sore lips!

Today. Country girl takes kid and drives to big city. Follows very bad directions sent by hospital. Gets lost. Stress feeds lip "issues". Huge collection of VaMaps don't help country girl get UNlost. Did you know that an atlas is about as helpful as a dictionary?! Country girl calls Advocate who knows Richmond like the back of her hand. While Advocate talks Country girl BACK into the city, Advocate's ill son vomits in Advocate's bed. (AND this is the first 1.5 hours of my day!)

The Assessment didn't go as I'd hoped. BUT, it wasn't as horrid as it could have been. AND I think we did make some progress. Middle School age children make me crazy! My kiddos attitude and MOUTH drove me insane. Those we were meeting with complimented me on his behavior, attitude, willingness to talk, etc... What a difference of opinion! Actually, ds did well. The others from his school that went ended up being fairly helpful! BUT his real OT would have been MUCH more help!

...well, I guess we really need to wait to see what the report tells!
I returned home, changed my clothes and literally walked out and went to school for my scheduled night conferences. I returned home at 8:27. Only 1 family "stood me up". 1 other family cancelled today via a note...but since I wasn't at school, I didn't know until I got there....

I'm beat. That is the "Readers Digest version" of my story. Tomorrow, I will be leaving school at 12:15. It is THE last early release day between now and the end of school in June. They are "paying us back" for staying tonight. I am not sure what I'm going to do with my hours. BUT I can GUARANTEE I'm leaving at 12:15!

Thanks for asking about my day.... we survived it!
take care....Happy Friday everyone!
Robyn

Glad to hear that you survived! Enjoy your time off tomorrow. I know I am going to enjoy my day off. I am going with my dh to a fitness expo. I might get inspired to really blast off this fat. LOL. Have a great Friday!

Blast off the fat! You let me know what you find out! LOL I'm thinking that I'm going to come home, wash my face free of all makeup and head out to the Clinique counter and begin anew! ......It has been YEARS....

On the other hand....I may just come home....drop my clothes in a pile...set the alarm and SLEEP until I must get up to get the kiddos from school.......

What to do? What to do? I LOVE the thought of having the option!

Enjoy the fitness expo. again...let me know about the blasting! I'd consider blasting! hehe!

Well it was interesting. There was a lot of people there. My DH and I got a lot of free samples of stuff to try. I picked up a EAS Body for Life Challenge. I think I might try it out. What do I have to lose except some poundage. LOL I hope you enjoyed your early day off!

Oh I totally splurged this afternoon. For the first time in YEARRRS, I planted my naked face at the Clinique counter and said...."Make me beautiful!" WOW! What a bit of correctly applied paint can DO! I've totally lost my edge when my big afternoon out included sitting under a huge light staring at my pores in a mirror as the "BeautifulGirl" tries to convince me that my pores are really tiny... I know that I've lost it when I add to that that I had a simply wonderful afternoon! Really it was! AND I've returned home from picking up the kids from school, facing a week's worth of laundry, sub plans to write for Monday, exercising to be done and of course, dinner to cook....BUT DAMN, I look good!

I am soooooooooo glad that today is Friday! Off to face the chores and duties! The weather here has been unusually warm. Today was near 80! What a beautiful day! Spring...I've tasted it! It is gonna be good!

KAR, glad you had fun at the expo! I love free samples! Let us know if you found something as wonderful as my new makeup! LOL Justtttt kidding!

TGIF! Make the most of the weekend girlies!
take care,
Robyn

I want you ladies that I posted a long message to both of you last night, and before I was finished, AOL kicked me off the computer. I was unable to get back online, so I gave up. Sorry things have been so stressful. I wish I could remember what I wrote...just know that I was thinking of both of you and wishing things were going better. Now, all I can say is TGIF!!!

Summer

I am trying to post short messages so that I can get something down before I get kicked off AOL again.

I had a pretty good week. I exercised more than usual (usual is not at all!) and I stayed on program most of the time.

There is much drama at school, but I'm too tired to detail it. Let's just say that my supervisors and the state expect me to be a social worker and parent, when the job I was hired and trained to do is to teach. My aide came back to work today, and she is oblivious about the fact that my supervisors are trying to gather enough negative ammunition to discipline her about her extensive absences from school. I'm trying to act like nothing is up, because I don't want to deal with the fall-out. When all is said and done, I know she won't be fired because her mother is president of the paraprofessionals union.

I have to clean my house top to bottom because I'm having company at 3pm tomorrow. DD also has to get to gymnastics, and I have to go to the grocery store. So, you won't be hearing from me till Sunday. Take care one and all.

STORYLADY, WHERE ARE YOU?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Summer

Well, my friends, I was a naughty girl yesterday. I had several margharitas. I enjoyed the appetizers, coconut shrimp (YUM!) and hot wings. For dinner I made angelhair pasta with meatballs (pork, beef, & veal) and hot sausage with garlic bread and salad. For dessert, I made brownie sundaes with Haagen Daas chocolate ice cream and chocolate whipped cream! I really did enjoy myself, and honestly except for overdoing it with the alcohol, I didn't pig out like I used to.

Today, we will begin painting our living room. I need to write my lesson plans and pay bills too. I also am running to the mall alone. My DD is becoming impossible to shop with..."my legs hurt, when are we going to the Disney Store? I want to go home." I just want to do my thing without this kid bugging me. I miss the stroller!!!

Take care my dear friends! Enjoy the remainder of the weekend!

Summer

I was up at 6am to take my morning walk when I discovered that it was snowing outside! Yesterday, it was warm and beautiful, in the 50's. I was really enjoying the early springish weather. Then this morning it was back in the 30's, and it ended up snowing all day...it is still snowing! I know it isn't unusual...we've had many snowy Easters. I'm just so sick of winter...enough already!

Robyn, maybe I'm just hallucinating, but was it in the 80's where you live?! That is July weather up north. It will be months before we get anywhere near 80 degrees.

Anyway, even though I couldn't walk, I got on the bike for 30 minutes instead. I stayed on program for the majority of the day. I tend to weaken after school, but all in all, I didn't do much damage.

My aide was in today...amazing! And even more amazing was the fact that she decided to work! Holy sh*t! The planets must be aligned or something.

I am trying to accept the changes the state wants me to make in spite of the fact that the things I need to do have more to do with social work than teaching. But the fact remains that if I want to teach 4 year olds, and I do, I have to keep the state and the powers that be happy.

I have a couple coworkers who are dieting right now. We are trying to support each other. It helps that I'm not surrounded with people who are pigging out all the time like I was at my previous job.

Robyn, I'm so sorry that you are having bad memories or feelings about Isobel. I hope you can relax.

I'm gonna get going. I hope you are all well.

Story story story story story!!! Where are you girl?!

Summer

HEY YOU GOILS!!! WHERE IS EVERYBODY?!

I got up and exercised again this morning! I stayed on program.

Tomorrow will be a challenge. I have to be at school from 8:30am to 7pm. We have a faculty meeting after school and then a literacy night afterward. The dinner served at school will be fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, corn bread etc... I plan to eat small portions. Aside from bringing my own dinner (I don't want to draw attention to myself) I don't know how else to handle it.

Nothing much to report.

Take care.

Summer

Hi Summer,
Sorry I have been MIA. Everytime I went to go on the computer this weekend, either the DH, SD or SS's were on the computer. By the time it got to be my turn, I was either too tired or the computer would say that it couldn't find the server.
Sounds like you are staying on track with your excericing. It is also nice that your coworkers are losing weight too. I have several at my school that we share secrets and encourage each other. Just eat small portions tomorrow night and don't worry about it. You will do fine.

I went to TOPS tonight. I lost 3 pounds last week. I cut back on working out and only worked out 4 days instead of my 7 one hour long work outs. So I just might have to try going 5 or 6 days and take a day or two off for rest. When I would go into Curves that would be my second workout of the day somedays. So I will try this for a while and see if it burns off the fat faster for me.
I found this wonderful new coffee. It is called Java Fit. It has a weight loss suppressent in it and it also gives you an extra boost or two of engery. I love it! I drink two cups in the morning and geez my eating has really decreased. I love the feeling of eating less and feeling smaller. LOL
Well I better go get ready for school tomorrow. I have four reports due on Monday. My goal is to get them done by Thursday or Friday and to enjoy my weekend.
Take care.
Have a great Wednesday!

Once again...... I'm going insane. Tooo much of everything BUT exercise, time, and confidence...

* I'm on a committee that is actually meeting during the school day once a week...that means sub plans. This committee has been meeting for 3 weeks now. The first week, I missed 2 days of school. Yesterday was my 5th day of sub plans.

I worked on sub plans for about 2 hours yesterday only to have the sub NOT open the folder and do whatever the **** he wanted. Today, when I read the note from him that said that he couldn't find the plans, I hit the ROOF! He and I had a brief conversation during which I controlled my urge to choke the idiot. I have now talked to my students (ages 6 to 7) and told them to HELP the next sub. I am UNCERTAIN as to how else I can DO my job while I've been sent to do another job (BY THE SYSTEM). THIS IS MAKING ME CRAZY!

I've got more in me ...but I've got to get up from this machine!

Gotta go clean the kitchen. I NEED to get on the treadmill. I also NEED to get some sleep. DH is sick and coughs ALL night...for days now.... He has gone to the dr and gotten some meds...FINALLY!

Ya'll hang in there....
take care,
Robyn

Hi Ladies,
Robyn sounds like the sub was a complete idiot. I leave my sub folder out in the middle of my work table and tell my aide and students that the work is there. I have missed several days since Jan. due to inservices, sick day and a personal day. The sub is the same person all the time. Here lately, she has not been following my plans and then it is **** to play catch up when I get back. Oh well, I only have 53 more schools days to go. Yeah!
I have been busy working on my student's MFE's today. I only have one more to write and then I am done with them. I am ahead of schedule for a change and have them done 4 days early. Let's see if I can keep this pattern up when I have to write my 5 IEP's they are due on the 29th of this month.
Well I better go and clean up the dishes from today. Plus fold some laundry. I think the white's have been in the dryer since Friday or Saturday. Thank god it is just old tshirts and socks. Don't have to worry about the wrinkles. LOL
You all take care and have a great Thursday!

Yahoooo for having things done early! It has been eons since I was done with anyyyything early! LOL...Keep up the great work!

Today I was told that the speech teacher would be coming into my classroom to have speech lessons with one of my students. She is going to use the inclusion model. FOR SPEECH ISSUES????? She wants to come during my reading group time ...which is all fine and dandy EXCEPT I use a rotating schedule for my reading groups (that way NO one group is always first or always last, etc...). Inclusion for SPEECH???? This should prove to be interesting since I will be having reading group, the reading recovery teacher (also using inclusion theory...and having her own independent groups at a table in my room) AND now the Speech teacher having speech therapy....ALL at the same time....ALL talking at once....ALL in the room with junk still piled around since the painting....
I don't want to mention that these people and the concept of inclusion makes me giggle in fear and hysterics.... I don't think inclusion JUST means being in the same room as someone else...BUT...ahhh, I'm not going to push the Reading Recovery teacher since I'm now going to have a reading group with a nearly 40 year old woman joining us! (Speech therapy DURING my reading group??!!) Giveeeeee me strength!

Re: the sub plans. My two dearest friends/collegues came over and pointed out the folder and plans that were left for him. My very best friend is now "So sorry that she didn't open the folder and POINT to the directions."

My middle school ds has GOT to use the computer for his WW1 project!
until next time...
take care!
Robyn
P.S. My kids think that the dryer is where their socks are stored....sad ...but nearly true! LOL